Every ‘The Flip Off’ Scene That Hinted at Christina Haack, Josh Hall’s Split: Tense Fights and More

Christina Haack and Josh Hall‘s marriage came to an end during the series premiere of HGTV’s The Flip Off — and the red flags were everywhere.

Before costarring with Hall (briefly), Tarek El Moussa and Heather Rae El Moussa on The Flip Off, Christina, 41, got her start on Flip or Flop. Christina and Tarek, 43, worked on the show during their marriage — which lasted from 2009 to 2018 —and after their divorce was finalized.

Christina subsequently found love with Ant Anstead and they got married in 2018 before welcoming their son, Hudson, one year later. (Christina also shares daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9, with Tarek.) Christina and Ant, 45, worked together on Christina on the Coast before their relationship fizzled out.

After her divorce from Ant, Christina moved on with Josh, 44. She filed for divorce in July 2024 and has since been linked to Christopher LaRocca. In her professional life, Christina remained on The Flip Off after Josh exited the show.

“It’s much easier to film with someone when you don’t have to go home with them. It’s not usually a good idea to film with a spouse,” Christina exclusively told Us Weekly in a cover story earlier this month, referring to her time on the show with Tarek and Heather. “Josh was very hard to film with. He didn’t get it.”

She continued: “He’d always get upset with me, like ‘Oh, my gosh, you did this’ or ‘You did that.’ And I’m like, ‘I’m making a TV show.’ Ultimately, it was better that he left after episode one because the show would’ve sucked.”

Josh, for his part, questioned the moments that made it into the show. “TFW you can’t get enough ratings with celebrity 🏠designers so you manufactured drama with me, a nobody,” he wrote via his Instagram Story in January. “@hgtv, you’ve changed.”

The Flip Off airs on HGTV Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET and is available the same day to stream on Max and Discovery+. Keep scrolling for every awkward Christina and Josh scene before their offscreen split:

Their Introduction on the Show

The first scene featuring Christina and Josh was actually a confessional shot, where an offscreen producer asked if they could “hold hands” for the scene. They tried to find a comfortable position before reflecting on how Christina’s split from Tarek led her to Josh.

“Two children and our flipping business was very successful,” Christina said about her relationship with Tarek. “There were some serious cracks developing. I got remarried and that didn’t work out. And then Josh and I met and I fell like love again.”

Josh quipped that he hoped “third time’s the charm” for Christina.

At Odds While Filming

“This is a competition and we have to pull out all the stops. Whatever it takes to win, we do it! Halls rule. You are supposed to say it with me or repeat it or something that shows that you are with me,” Josh said in a separate scene while reminding Christina that she’s “a Hall” now. “Don’t get confused in this competition about what your last name is.”

Christina clarified why Josh made a dig about her name, adding, “When I met Josh, my name was still Christina El Moussa on everything. Josh did not like that and he was all about me becoming a Hall.”

Getting on Each Other’s Bad Side

While on their way to check out a house, Christina and Josh kept visibly irritating each other.

“I am telling stories and every time I do, you tune out,” he told Christina, who fired back, “It’s not even a story. You are trying to educate me on something I have no interest in.”

Josh called Christina “rude” for not responding to him. “The amount of s— you say where I am like, ‘I wish she would shut up already?’” he replied. “We have been together long enough now — years — and you can’t figure me out by now? It is going to be a rough run. My wife is pissing me off right now.”

Christina noted in a confessional that Josh was “a bit moody,” adding, “Josh knows that Tarek and I have a history. I am sure some of it is the stress of the competition.”

Struggling to Work Together

As the completion got more tense, so did the energy between Christina and Josh. Their last scenes before his offscreen exit showed the pair trying to figure out where to cut corners on the house they wanted to flip.

“We are going to lose money and lose to them,” Christina told Josh, who attempted to calm her down as she grew more concerned. “Let me go over these numbers.”

Christina called out Josh’s frustration, saying, “Don’t get frustrated! Why are you throwing your pen?” She followed up by suggesting they “start from scratch” before explaining to Josh why Tarek’s methods of cost-cutting in the past might work in their favor now.

“Josh doesn’t like to be wrong so I try to tiptoe around it but ultimately I am thinking like a house flipper and not a designer with an unlimited budget,” she told the cameras. “I am in this competition to win it and I feel like he has to have a little more respect for the fact that I know what I am talking about.”

Baring Her Soul

Christina broke the news of her split to the audience during an emotional moment with Tarek.

“We had a blowup over nothing. [It was] middle fingers in my face,” she revealed. “Things with Josh have been bad for a long time. Not just kind of bad but bad and the kids literally ask me to leave. They told me he is not nice to me.”

Christina claimed that Tarek made Josh “feel very insecure,” adding, “Every time we would barely joke at soccer or I laughed at you, he would not speak to me for two to three days. I would get the silent treatment.”

While reflecting on the demise of their relationship, Christina admitted that she felt as if Josh didn’t “like” her and would often call her “cocky and arrogant.” Tarek defended Christina by saying that Josh was “projecting,” but she ultimately broke down on screen.

“Everything since 2016 has been so hard and so horrible. There are so many good things but there are so many bad things,” Christina said while referring to her 2016 split from Tarek. “It has really taken a bad toll on me and I feel like I try to hide it and pretend I am not affected. But then I do more stupid things to make myself feel better and I keep getting into things too fast that I know aren’t right.”

She continued: “I never wanted to get divorced. I am the only person in my family to ever get a divorce. So I feel like it is safer to be back in a relationship and ultimately it wasn’t safe.”

Christina started to cry while discussing the ups and downs in her personal life.

“Tarek and I split up because he didn’t always treat me right and he will admit that. Tarek was more focused on work than he was his family. When we split up, it forced him to be present,” she recalled before apologizing to Tarek on the show for her own mistakes. “I just want you to know that I am really sorry I did some weird s—.”